{"id":343698,"date":"2021-12-01T10:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=343698"},"modified":"2021-12-01T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T08:14:15","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-november-22-28-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-november-22-28-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: November 22 \u2013 28, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do\u201d (Matthew 6:16): this quote may best illustrate the previous fasting week. We let the images speak further.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Grigoriou Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos besieged by the waves. Photo: Facebook \/ \u0391\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ce \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Young Panteleimon holding the icon of his spiritual patron. Photo: Instagram \/ heartofsalvation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Resting place at St Hermann of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California. Photo: Twitter \/ Timothy Honeycutt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Monks from Putna Monastery waiting for the relics of St John the New of Suceava to reach their monastery. The relics were carried in procession throughout the eparchy to protect against disease. Photo: Facebook \/ Putna Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew played table tennis with the members of a youth organization in Athens. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate \/ Nikos Papachristou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The column on which St Catherine was beheaded is kept in the St Sabbas Monastery Church – Patriarchal Cathedral of Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: Protosyncellus Leontie Fusa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarch of Georgia at the national feast of St George (Giorgoba<\/em>). Photo: Patriarchate of Georgia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa celebrated His Beatitude’s birthday. Photo: Patriarchate of Alexandria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Child kissing icons during the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Albania’s Independence Day. Photo: Facebook \/ Stephanos & Alexandria Missionaries to Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A tender moment during the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Chapel Theology Faculty in Bucharest on the feast of St Catherine. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Greek children from Hydra Gymnasium and High School visited the local stadium and played football supervised by a protosyncellus. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bishop Neophitos Kongai of Nyeri and Mount Kenya holding recently baptized twins. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nuns from the Romanian Nera Monastery enjoying autumn sunshine on a trip in the forest. Photo: Instagram \/ Neraplant.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Holymartyr Catherine’s relics were brought to Romania’s National Cathedral Chapel in Bucharest on the third anniversary of the consecration of the National Cathedral Altar. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bishop Casian of Lower Danube helped a child honour the holy relics. Photo: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Lower Danube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Child dressed in national costume holds the hierarch’s crosier during the consecration of the painting at the “Protection of the Mother of God\u201d Church in Manic, the county of Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj \/ Darius Echim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The first Romanian Orthodox church in Sardinia is being built. Photo: Diocese of Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Father Constantin Necula and radio host Mihai Morar visited His Eminence Iustin, Bishop of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Metropolitan Cathedral in Timi\u0219oara waiting for the National Day ceremonies. Photo: Stela Pl\u0103mad\u0103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Prayer moment at the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Church in C\u00e2mpia Turzii. Photo: Facebook \/ Tudor C\u0103lin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Drone photo of Comana Monastery. Photo: Comana Monastery \/ Drago\u0219 Grigore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Romania’s National Day was celebrated in anticipation at the “Holy Prince Stephen the Great” Church in Vienna. Photo: Holy Prince Stephen the Great Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Faithful from Dese\u0219ti Parish in the county of Maramure\u0219 go to their local UNESCO-listed wooden church, which is protected by St Paraskeva. Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Boy dressed in traditional costume reads the Epistle at Sih\u0103stria R\u00e2\u0219c\u0103i Monastery. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi \/ Irina Ursachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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